My grandfather was a pioneer of antidepressants. Now I wonder about their role in treating depression. | Opinion
My grandfather, Harry Salzer, was a psychiatrist in Cincinnati who, with his colleague Max Lurie, reported in a 1953 article that isoniazid – a drug developed to treat tuberculosis – had a positive impact on two-thirds of their depressed patients. It was the first time researchers had identified a drug with purported antidepressant effects. With …
